Check out the New Orleans Pelicans' new uniforms

At the end of the 2012-13 NBA season, the New Orleans Hornets officially became the Pelicans. The name, which produced a polarizing reaction among fans, was chosen because it has more of a local flavor than the Hornets, a nickname that was a holdover from the team’s move from Charlotte in 2002.

On Thursday, the Pelicans officially unveiled their new uniforms to go with the name change in a ceremony that featured point guard Jrue Holiday and forwards Jason Smith, Anthony Davis and Ryan Anderson:

And, well, they’re kind of boring. Pelicans play-by-play announcer Sean Kelley explained the design: both the home and road jerseys will say “NEW ORLEANS” on the front, and the font is inspired by the street signs in the city’s French Quarter.

All of that sounds great on paper, but the execution here is thoroughly underwhelming. Given the divided reaction to the nickname and logo, it seemed like a lock that the jerseys would inspire similar love-it-or-hate-it responses. These don’t inspire anything, good or bad. They’re just sort of there, which is the worst thing any NBA jersey can be.

Pelicans have a terrific name and a wonderful, unique city. Uniforms shouldn’t look like result of create-a-team in videogame mode.

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